Company
Date Published
Author
The JFrog Artifactory Team
Word count
1855
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Cloudsmith positions itself as an enterprise-ready solution for modern organizations, claiming reliability, performance, security, and scalability as its core strengths. However, upon testing its performance under real-world conditions, particularly under stress, it became evident that Cloudsmith's platform struggles to handle concurrent workloads and high request volumes, leading to issues such as timeouts, rate limiting, and service disruptions. The tests, conducted by JFrog, compared Cloudsmith's performance to JFrog's own platform, revealing that while initial low-load tests showed similar performance, Cloudsmith's infrastructure faltered under increased pressure, resulting in errors and throttling. In contrast, JFrog's platform demonstrated stability and consistent performance, even under significantly higher concurrency. Furthermore, Cloudsmith's uptime reports indicate service availability issues, raising concerns about its reliability as a cloud-native solution. This suggests that while Cloudsmith markets itself as scalable and robust, it may fall short of meeting the demands of large-scale enterprise environments, where uninterrupted service and reliability are critical.